NUTS-3 PT194 · Portugal
Viseu Dão Lafões
Export region data (CSV)Viseu Dão Lafões generates €5.4bn of GDP across 259.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (8.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth74.4
Livability52.1
Market access25
Economic scale33
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
83.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability65
Labour stability99
Diversification96
Demographic stability75
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
18.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access19
Market access25
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
70
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary72
Lifelong learning82
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers73
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
99
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM108.3 µg/m³
NO21.3 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
52.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy22
Jobs52
Education56
Health76
Safety51
Connectivity8.5
Environment99
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
74.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 22.5%Diversified · HHI 1824
Agriculture 4.5%Industry 22.5%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 21.7%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,664M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€211M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,051M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€931M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€309M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€953M
2023 · EU pctl 34
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,500
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,800
2024 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,092M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,154M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,948M
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€453M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — information & communication (J)
€56M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€891M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,011M
2023 · EU pctl 33
Labour market
Employment, total persons
114,260
2023 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
22,220
2023 · EU pctl 61
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,140
2023 · EU pctl 54
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,789
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise births
3,909
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise deaths
3,098
2023 · EU pctl 78
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
33.4%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.9%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.4%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
88.3%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
674,641
2024 · EU pctl 40
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
155,467
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
75,339
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged under 15
28,784
2025 · EU pctl 43
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.5%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
1,686
2024 · EU pctl 46
Deaths
3,430
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.0%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.9%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
343 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
369 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
80 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
498 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 2
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
1
2024 · EU pctl 0
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
83
2024 · EU pctl 99
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